QUITO (Reuters) - A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck along
the border between Peru and Ecuador on Thursday night, but
there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was
74 miles deep and 150 miles southeast of the Ecuador capital,
Quito, and struck about 10:13 p.m. local time (10:13 EST on
Friday).

Residents in Quito and the country's coastal city of
Guayaquil felt the quake, according to a Reuters witness and
local media reports. A Red Cross spokesman said there were no
immediate signs of injuries.

The temblor was not felt at the only big Peruvian mine near
the quake zone, the Yanacocha gold deposit, said Guillermo
Nina, a union official.

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No important oil facilities are located in southern
Ecuador, South America's fifth-largest oil producer.

Earthquakes frequently strike the Andean region, but
Peruvian seismologist Hernan Tavara said the quake was not
related to two other recent powerful quakes.

In August, an 8-magnitude quake south of Lima, Peru's
capital, killed more than 500 people.

A 7.7-magnitude quake in Chile on Wednesday killed two
people, injured more than 100 others and temporarily cut power
to copper mines before work returned to normal.

(Additional reporting by Marco Aquino and Terry Wade in
Lima and Alonso Soto in Ecuador; Editing by Peter Cooney)